Gauge and Standard

Gauge noun - Accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared.

Standard is a synonym for gauge in usual topic. In some cases you can use "Standard" instead a noun "Gauge", when it comes to topics like basis, measure, norm, indicator.

Nearby Words: gauged, gauging

Standard noun - Something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared.

Gauge is a synonym for standard in guideline topic. You can use "Gauge" instead a noun "Standard", if it concerns topics such as usual, basis, norm, criterion.

Nearby Words: standardize, standardise, standardized, standardised, standardization